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JANUARY 2018 LIBRARY READS PICKS

January 1, 2018 Library Reads

The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin “A thought-provoking, sweeping family saga set in New York City’s Lower East Side, 1969. Four siblings sneak out to visit a psychic who reveals to each, separately, the exact date of his or her death. The book goes on to recount five decades of experience shaped by the siblings attempts to control fate.” – Kelly […]

Library Reads Favorites of 2017

December 12, 2017 Library Reads

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng “Little Fires Everywhere delves into family relationships and what parenthood, either biological or by adoption, means. We follow the members of two families living in the idyllic, perfectly-planned suburb of Shaker Heights, Ohio: Mia and Pearl, a mother and daughter living a less traditional lifestyle, moving from town to town every few months, and […]

November Library Reads Picks

December 12, 2017 Library Reads

Artemis: A Novel by Andy Weir “Weir’s second book does not disappoint! The setting is Artemis, a city on the moon where a young woman named Jazz is a smuggler and a courier trying to eke out a living. Adventure unfolds as Jazz is asked to do a different sort of job by her millionaire employer. He asks her to […]

OCTOBER 2017 LIBRARY READS PICKS

October 15, 2017 Library Reads

Seven Days of Us by Francesca Hornak “The Birch family will be spending the Christmas holiday in quarantine, thanks to eldest daughter Olivia’s recent relief work in a disease-infested Liberia. She has returned to England but must be in quarantine for seven days. This family has not ever spent that much time in each other’s company. Each person has secrets […]

June 2017 Library Reads Picks

July 24, 2017 Book Lists, Library Reads

Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz“Susan Ryeland is a London book editor who has just received the latest manuscript from one of her most irascible authors, Alan Conway. But the manuscript’s ending appears to be missing and she learns that Conway has committed suicide. As Ryeland learns more about his death, she starts to question whether a murder has occurred and […]

May 2017 Library Reads Picks

May 30, 2017 Book Lists, Library Reads

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine:A Novel by Gail Honeyman“I loved this book about the quirky Eleanor, who struggles to relate to other people and lives a very solitary life. When she and the new work IT guy happen to be walking down the street together, they witness an elderly man collapse on the sidewalk and suddenly Eleanor’s orderly routines are […]

April 2017 Library Reads Picks

April 27, 2017 Book Lists, Library Reads

Anything Is Possible: A Novel by Elizabeth Strout“Strout does not disappoint with her newest work. Her brilliant collection takes up where her novel, My Name is Lucy Barton, leaves off. The chapters read like short stories with Lucy Barton as the thread that runs between them. The characters populate Amgash, Illinois and their stories are woven together carefully and wonderfully. […]

March 2017 Library Reads Picks

March 8, 2017 Book Lists, Library Reads

The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley: A Novel by Hannah Tinti“Meet Samuel Hawley, a man in a constant struggle with his violent past, doing the best he can to raise his daughter. Meet Loo, his daughter, a girl with an obscure past and an uncertain future, on the cusp of adulthood. And meet Lily, the dead woman who connects them […]

February Library Reads Picks

February 24, 2017 Book Lists, Library Reads

I See You by Clare Mackintosh“Zoe Walker sees her picture in a personal ad for a dating website. At first she thinks there must be a mistake. She soon learns that other women whose pictures have appeared in these ads have been subjected to violent crimes. Zoe contacts the police. PC Kelly Smith, a disgraced former detective, works to find […]

January 2017 Library Reads Picks

January 17, 2017 Library Reads

The Girl Before: A Novel by JP Delaney“A page turner that is sure to be a hit. Each chapter alternates between two time periods. Back “then,” there is Emma, looking for the perfect flat. Her agent suggests One Folgate Street, built by architect Edward Monkford. In present day, Jane, a single thirty-something also ends up on Folgate Street. Both women […]